Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

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“The Leons” by Nicholas Etienne

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One day at school at boy named Levi had arrived at school to find the schools jerks bulling on another kid by daring a kid to eat a now dead lizard with the kid refusing. Levi had enough of watching and decide to jump in “hey that’s enough you idiots” Levi said the school jerks had looked behind them to see Levi. Since Levi was shorter than them the jerks had just laughed at Levi “what are you going to do about it?” one of the jerks questioned as he walked up to Levi and looked down on him before spiting on his forehead. Levi had then quic...

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“Missing” by Just Jams

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The sound of his footsteps echoed across the empty streets of Tijuana. Fliers of missing people flew by him as they were carried by the harsh wind. Mateo’s body was tense and the circles under his eyes gave away his stress. The bills were higher than he expected, and with Ella getting pregnant… getting by was becoming hard. The young man en...

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“Preserved in Vinegar” by Dean Atlas

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I walked into a room so white it was almost blinding. There were no walls, no ceiling, I could barely tell if I was walking on the ground or on air as I stepped through the doorway. So, I guess a better way to describe it would be to say that I walked into a white canvass of nothingness. As I stepped though the threshold, I looked back, the door disappeared. I began to panic until I turned back around and saw a brown, wooden stool. On top of that stool was a jar of whole dill pickles. It had been years since I had eaten one. I used to eat t...

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“Internal Monologue” by T K

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A story about you, a contemplative thought experiment on having everything, yet feeling nothing at the same time. Your life in but a few words, sad, but perhaps hopeful.Everything you do, everything you have achieved. You grew up in a single parent home, not a bad thing by any means, but you worked hard to get where you are. You have worked three jobs at a time, sometimes spending upwards of eighteen hours a day working to save for your first home or your first car. Maybe you started a family, maybe you didn’t, wouldn’t have made too much of...

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“The Silent King ” by Mrinalini Gupta

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He walked down the dusty market lane his face wrapped in a thick fabric covering everything except his eyes. What was once a cheerful busy market place with loud hawkers selling meats, spices, dry fruits, silks and leather lay desolate. A few people hurried past, heads wrapped in fabric, noses covered, eyes lowered. There was an air of fear and suspicion. A few homeless remained, in corners, holding out for alms, flimsy threadbare cloth covering their faces, their eyes speaking volumes. He pulled out some bread from the folds of his robe a...

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“Problems With School” by Ryan Malkowski

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For many schools nowadays is a breeding ground for stress where things can pile up and you can get more and more worried and anxious about keeping up. Many students, especially those in high school can struggle with this every single day. Students go to school each day from 8-2:30 and go through the same routine each day. This can get very tiring very fast and can lead to bad time management, stress and other things. Many students also have other activities outside of school like sports, work, clubs and volunteer work. This can take up many ...

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“The lost of loved ones” by Blake Rafley

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“This is so fun! Just hearing the wave clash against each other is music to my ears!” Giselle exclaimed as she twirled around gracefully. The Wang family had decided to take a break from studying or working and just decided to let loose on a cruise. Giselle was Rilia’s and Raphel’s only child and they found her more precious than all the money in the world. Rilia and Raphel smiled as they saw Giselle running from one place to another in excitement. As much as they wanted to be with Giselle, they too wanted to release their ...

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“What's Wrong?” by Layla Carabajal

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“Hey, what’s wrong with you?” Someone asked me. I turned around confused to see an old man with wrinkly skin and a balding head. What he said was more of a demand rather than a question. I didn’t know how to answer. What exactly is wrong with me? From what I remember it was a normal day at school, except it wasn’t normal. Today a new student was joining our class. I remember all the girls hoping it was a boy, and all the boys hoping it was a girl. I could not care, I was just excited that I was no longer the one going to get bullied....

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“A-Maze-ing course of action . . .” by Quin Parsons

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Here you stand; they all lie dead in different parts of this shadow-laced massacre field. But do you even care? You simply don’t, do you? This is your fault, you did this. You know exactly how this was going to end, yet somehow, I don’t think you feel a hint of remorse for what you did. It was a trap. Your actions led to this place, this ending of their story. But not yours; yours is just beginning. As the last of your friends dies from having both her arms severed at the shoulder, you feel the need to insult her where she lies....

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“That Could Be Us” by Cassidy Weatherbee

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“You were supposed to take that turn!” I held the wheel steady in my hands, my knuckles turning white from the pressure, my nails digging slightly into my palms. The sting kept me focused. I needed the focus. I knew this was wrong. But I couldn’t stop. Not now. “Ally, what is wrong with you?” Nate’s voice was icy, I could feel his eyes burning into me. I kept driving, watching the distant horizon hurtle towards us. “Nate, please just hold on.” I snapped back, my voice harsher than I had intended. My palms were sweaty now, sli...

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“The Market is Always Right” by William Vourlas

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I am a trader. Not like some antiquated Dutch tulip dealer, although that market is pretty cool and my knowledge of it even helped me score points with my old game theory professor at Yale. No, I trade futures, and the futures are...well...in the future. Gee, no kidding I hear you saying. Yes, I say, and futures contracts have been around for a long, long time...Japanese rice merchants figured out back in the 16th century that a farmer and a rice wholesaler or trader did not want prices to be fixed over time, and in fact prices could not b...

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“Distorted Reality” by Shinee Evelyn

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The atmosphere is brimming with life as the golden rays of the morning sunbathe the lush greenery of bushes and trees in the outdoors. Instead of the usual church mass on Easter, the church decided to have the parishioners congregate in the open air and commence the event by observing the sunrise while conducting mass at an expansive lawn nearby the chapel. There couldn’t have been better timing than to spend my time with my wife on this wonderful sunny morning in nature; absolving the burdens of my past thus sanctifying our bond and love fo...

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“Fragility Of Life” by Anam Namazi

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Numbness. A feeling of feeling nothing at all. All of us might have felt it at some point of time. But do you know when numbness is at it’s worst?When you’re suppose to have a raging tornado of emotions swirling inside you, but there’s only a void, a disconnect.This is how I felt then, sitting in the waiting room of the ‘Wellness Hospital’. Weird, pungent hospital smell assaulted my senses. I’ve not been to many hospitals before, never liked them. I wasn’t sure if there was something ominous about the room I was nestled in or I just felt tha...

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“Guns vs swords” by Isabelle Hauge

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To be honest. Guns were never my go-to weapon. I always preferred daggers or even hand to hand combat. Daggers and combat are efficient and you actually break a sweat. Using guns was just a cheap way of getting the job done. But the job isn’t any more pretty than guns. In the world we live in there are many bad people here. People who execute and torture my people. My people were the ones who studied weapons and made them. The other countries were desperate for our weapons so they started to come and take them from us. So out of our own self...

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“An Ode to Lost Flowers” by Rainne Mallard

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I had never seen a room so littered with coke cans. They were everywhere. Literally. Everywhere. On the desk, under the chair, in the closet, under the bed, on the bed, in the bed. Room 107 of the Alzheimer’s ward was the aftermath of a thirsty man’s war on coke cans. If you close your eyes, you can almost hear this man sucking, no, consuming the insides of these coke corpses with aggressive aplomb. Any regular person would be terrified at the sheer scale of this mess, but not me. I only chuckled to myself as I placed these coke cans one-by-...

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Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 182 stories

“The Leons” by Nicholas Etienne

“Missing” by Just Jams

“Preserved in Vinegar” by Dean Atlas

“Internal Monologue” by T K

“The Silent King ” by Mrinalini Gupta

“Problems With School” by Ryan Malkowski

“The lost of loved ones” by Blake Rafley

“What's Wrong?” by Layla Carabajal

“A-Maze-ing course of action . . .” by Quin Parsons

“That Could Be Us” by Cassidy Weatherbee

“The Market is Always Right” by William Vourlas

“Distorted Reality” by Shinee Evelyn

“Fragility Of Life” by Anam Namazi

“Guns vs swords” by Isabelle Hauge

“An Ode to Lost Flowers” by Rainne Mallard

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Start your story with someone accepting a dare.

Write a story about two people who need each other, but are too stubborn to admit it.

End your story with someone finally conceding to another’s point of view.

Write a story in which a character justifies an argument with: “Because I said so.”

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